Friday, 26 July 2024

Pectoral Sandpiper & Medmerry

 A WhatsApp message alerted me to a Pectoral Sandpiper at Pagham Harbour, on the east side, found by MRe. A quickish dash down there found it in the company of the local birders out on the mud with c.20 Dunlin showing pretty well in the scope; the bird was an adult, the only one I've seen as it's usually juveniles we get in the locality (although the ones at Lidsey might have been adults too I can't remember!).

Pectoral Sandpiper on the east side:


At Medmerry on Friday, the best I could manage on the Stilt Pool was a Common Sandpiper and a surprise Rock Pipit was along the shoreline; a brief Dartford Warbler was the best of the rest.

Common Sandpiper & Rock Pipit at Medmerry: